Keep NYC Safe. Protect Immigrant New Yorkers.

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Every New Yorker wants to feel safe in their community. We should all be able to go about our days without living in fear. But Mayor Adams and other elected officials are trying to divide us by drumming up unwarranted fears about our immigrant neighbors. The mayor wants to give city officers a permission slip to work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In doing so, he could make all of us less safe.

Tell city council members not to play the mayor’s dangerous game of scapegoating immigrants.

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New York City Council Committee on Public Safety

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I’m writing to tell you not to play the mayor’s dangerous game of scapegoating immigrants.

For years – before, during, and after the Trump administration – ICE has leaned on local law enforcement and government agencies to carry out arrests, deportations, and family separations.

Because of this, many immigrant New Yorkers and their families across the state live with the anxiety that going about their daily lives in the open and interacting with government – whether in a police traffic stop, attending school, or visiting a public hospital for care – could lead to being torn away from family. Evidence shows that when governments adopt these kinds of policies, it makes our communities safer for everyone because immigrants aren’t afraid to reach out to authorities when they need help.

New York City’s sanctuary law generally prohibits local authorities from enforcing federal immigration laws, funneling people into ICE custody, and sharing sensitive information with federal immigration authorities.

But now Mayor Adams wants to get the city more involved in federal immigration enforcement.

You need to strengthen, not walk away from our city’s commitment to immigrant New Yorkers.

You must resist Mayor Adams’s efforts to undo policies that have helped make New York City one of the safest large city in America. This is critical for our immigrant neighbors and every other person that calls New York City home.

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Keep NYC Safe. Protect Immigrant New Yorkers.

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